Ash tray



H- NEGBAUB.

ASH TRAY, APPLICATION FILED NQVQ 3.192!- latented ep 5, 1 22 ATTORNEY Pater-itecl Sept. 1922.

UNITED STATES 1,427,838 PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY NEGBAUR, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR TO E. & J. BASS, INCORPORATED,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

ASH TRAY.

Application filed November To all/whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY NEGBAUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New 5 York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ash Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ash trays and aims to provide ash trays which may harmonize with various designs of furnishings of the highest class. On account of the employment of ash trays as intermediate receivers of ashes, burnt matches, etc., they are likely to become untidy, and to grow more and more so with use. Many of the ash trays on the market cannot be readily cleaned. They become more and more unsightly, until they are discarded.

One object of my invention is to provide an ash tray which can be made up in various forms, either plain or provided with filigree or other artistic designs, but which are capable of being readily disassembled,

cleaned and reassembled.

Another object of my invention is to provide ash trays which maybe assembled to suit purchasers, from a stock of receivers or bowls made up in many shapes, colors and materials and of variously shaped and designed supports for a cigar rest or rests; all these parts being interchangeable, so that wider selections may be made from a smaller stock.

In the drawings in which I have shown, for purposes of illustration, one of the many forms in which my invention may be embodied,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view and Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

In the drawing there is shown a receptacle or bowl 3 which may be of any suitable shape. The one shown in the drawing is shallow and round, but it might be deeper, and square or octagonal, and either smooth or ornamented. I The upper portion 4 of the receptacle or bowl is cylindrical and is provided. with threads 5, which. in the example shown, are on the outside of the cylinder.

A. ring 6, which may be made of metal or other suitable material, is threaded at 7 to co-operate with the threads 5 on the bowl or receptacle. The ring is also provided with a flange 8 to cover the end 9 of the upper portion of the receptacle or bowl 3. As, in the example shown, the threads are on the out- 3, 1921. Serial No. 512,414.

side, the flange is an inwardly directed one. A cigar or cigarette rest 10 is fastened to the ring 6, preferably to the flange 8 thereof. While in the drawing only one of these rests 18 shown, it is obvious that any number could be employed, depending upon the size of the ring.

Any suitable material may be used for making the receptacle. Very satisfactory receivers may be made of glass, which may be transparent or translucent, colored or white, and plain, ornamented or cut. The ring and the cigar rest, may be made of va rious materials, such' as silver, nickel, antique brass, etc, and may be ornamented as desired.

It is obvious that the ring may bereadily removed from the receptacle by merely unthreading the same. The receptacle or bowl may then be readily cleaned, and the ring polished. When this is done, the parts may be reassembled. No foreign material will remain with the parts when they are reassembled. The ash tray will therefore retain its original attractive appearance. This is especially noticeable when the receptacle is transparent.

From what I have pointed out above it is I obvious that a stock of receptacles and a stock of rings may be kept by the retailer and that he can sell a selected ring and a selected receptacle to suit the fancy of the purchaser. Wider selections are therefore possible from a much smaller stock. This is on. account of the interchangeability of parts.

I claim:

1. An ashtray having a receptacle provided with a cylindrical upper portion threaded on the outside, and a threaded ring threaded onto the threaded portion of the receptacle, said ring being provided with an inwardly directed flange which covers the end of the upper portion, and with a cigar rest.

2. An ash tray having a transparent receptacle provided with a cylindrical upper portion threaded on the outside, and a threaded ring; threaded onto the threaded HARRYNEGBAUR. 

